Lebanon to start paying cash aid to poor families next month
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government says it will start paying cash assistance next month to hundreds of thousands of poor families in U.S. dollars…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government says it will start paying cash assistance next month to hundreds of thousands of poor families in U.S. dollars…
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — The Suez Canal authorities say a bulk carrier vessel became wedged and briefly blocked traffic in one lane of the crucial global…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The leading U.S. airlines say that the rise in COVID-19 cases is hurting ticket sales and pushing…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Truckers have snarled traffic on several Brazilian highways in a show of…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Italian Coast Guard has rescued 125 migrants who took refuge on the rocky edge of a tiny uninhabited isle after one of their boats…
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press Imagine a giant all-you-can-eat buffet, row after row of hot, steaming offerings. The thing is, there are only 12…
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press Twenty Democratic attorneys general have voiced their support for a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s new…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE BALSAMO and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House will withdraw the nomination of a gun-control advocate to…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as…
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In an unusual North Korean parade that showcased military animals and virus workers in…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian authorities say anti-terrorism police have raided the homes of eight people…
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has sacked two Cabinet members, including one who was widely reported to have unsuccessfully…
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The University of Michigan is being sued by people who say they were sexually assaulted by a campus…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The number of workers still on furlough in Britain has fallen to its lowest level since a salary…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch launched her campaign for governor by likening…
Continue ReadingCABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Olaf is closing in for a strike on the Los Cabos resort region at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Investigators have carried out searches at the German finance and justice ministries in a probe of suspected obstruction of justice…
Continue ReadingAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian court has upheld the convictions of two former senior officials on sedition and other charges connected to an…
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer Country stars Chris Stapleton and Eric Church will go toe-to-toe with each other at this year’s…
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s already thin supply of COVID-19 vaccines has taken another significant hit. The…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she has been treated for breast cancer and the treatment…
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A year ago on Thursday, Greece’s notoriously squalid refugee camp of Moria on the…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Nearly 800 people have been evacuated from their homes and road traffic has been disrupted as firefighting teams and planes fight a…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British airline easyJet said it has rejected an unsolicited takeover approach as it announced plans to…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An estimated 200 foreigners, including Americans, have left Kabul on an international…
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Even after two decades, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex after its destruction…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France is paying respects to screen legend Jean-Paul Belmondo with a solemn ceremony led by the president and a public viewing at…
Continue ReadingATHENS Political leaders, family members and thousands of fans have paid their final respects to Greek music great Mikis Theodorakis who has been…
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — For nearly two decades, Israelis and Palestinians have watched Zakaria Zubeidi’s…
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